Comic books October 1953, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $169.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3712147014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.07) will be charged at checkout.

Pre-Code war comics, speculating on atomic warfare, from the nervous early years of the Cold War. During the nuclear war between UN and Soviet forces in far-off 1977, an intelligence agent warns authorities of a game-changing new atomic-weapons system located on a Pacific island. During the Korean War, helicopter pilot Jack proves that his aircraft can go where jet planes can't. When tough Sgt. "Bull" Whip is in trouble, his buddy Pete has to be even tougher to save him. The Island That Disappeared; Blood and Guts; The Attack; Expedition Chopper; Heroes Are Born, Not Made. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $1,010.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #2134553001

Cover by Matt Fox. Stories and art by Harry Harrison and Steve Kirkel. Tales of pre-Code horror from Youthful Magazines. A horror story based on the classic Sir Walter Scott story, "The Strange Case of Wandering Willie." Two other stories are adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe classics. In "The Tell-Tale Heart," a killer's guilt drives him to madness, or maybe it's the other way around. In a story based on Poe's "MS Found In a Bottle," a shipwrecked sailor is taken aboard a ghost ship. Cover art by noted artist Matt Fox, better known for his covers of pulp magazines such as Weird Tales. Strange Case of Wandering Willie; The Secret of Life and Death; The Tell-Tale Heart; Doomsday Ship; The Evil Eye. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $799.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3989419007 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($23.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Al Feldstein. "The Killer," script and art by Reed Crandall; Jonathan worked hard at his work, never wanting to follow in the footsteps of his father. Then he met Elsie, whom he intended to marry after he had established himself; However, because Jonathan's father was not a member of a guild, Jonathan was denied his opportunity to make a living, and reluctantly accepted doing his father's line of work. "Wined-Up!", script by Bill Gaines (plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (plot, script), art by George Evans; Charles, in a wheelchair since an auto accident, learns that the accident was no accident at all, and that his wife Laura wanted to kill him because she was sick and tired of living with him; She now informs him that is going to try again by wheeling him out on a pier, attaching a wire to it so that she can pull the chair into the lake as she goes swimming. "Rendezvous!" text story, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin. "Murder May Boomerang," script and art by Johnny Craig; Nearly inseparable, a father and son did everything in life together until that one day when a prisoner from a nearby penitentiary discovers the pair's cabin, where he steals clothing and nearly beats the father to death. "About Phase," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $449.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #1402761009 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.47) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by Bill Savage, Mike Esposito and Ross Andru. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. A big-game hunter seeks the beautiful, deadly ghost of native legend. The sadistic new manager of an insane asylum finally gets what's coming to him, in a story featuring early art by future Marvel legend Ross Andru. A satirical rendition of the classic Cinderella story. Insane!; Two for the Money; The Ghostly Recluse; Mother Ghoul's Nursery Tales: Cinderella; The Manhunting Lion. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $189.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4153934020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.67) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover art by Ken Bald. The Electric Spirit, pencils by Dick Beck, inks by George Klein. Beware the Bejango, art by Harry Lazarus. The Weird Winger, pencils by Pete Riss. The Awful Mr. Ishveli, art by Robert McCarty. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $600.00 Paper: Off white Label #4320447006

Cover art by George Roussos. Destroy My Enemy, art by Nick Cardy; Meek Elmer Grimes commands a murderous pirate-genie in a bottle; Fulfilling a death contract the genie turns on his master. 'Til Death Do Us Part, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Mike Peppe; The husband of a dominating wife is sent over to inquire about the rich neighbors. Harvest of Hate text story by Irving Werstein, pencils by John Celardo. Revenge of the Little People, inks by John Celardo; The circus midget "Major" Martin marries the lovely trapeze artist Lila, but is betrayed by her and killed for his money; Lila is haunted by apparitions of ghost midgets, who sabotage her act and let her drop to certain death. The Corpse That Lived!, pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Mike Peppe; A woman is buried with her jewels; When grave robbers open the coffin, the lady stirs again. She recovers and lives happily ever after. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $159.00 Paper: Off white Cover detached. Label #3952966001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($4.77) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Superman's Other Life, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Al Plastino; Superman travels back in time and creates a new life for himself as a disc jockey. Jerry Jitterbug humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. A Doghouse For Superman, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Al Plastino; Superman briefly becomes an alien's pet! Listen To the Cricket text article by Barry Havens. Lois Lane, Policewoman starring Superman, Cracker Moreau, and Silver Skene, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $175.00 Slight amateur restoration Paper: Light tan to off white Restoration Includes: Tear Seal to Cover. Label #0168875017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.25) will be charged at checkout.

Stories by unknown. Art by Joe Sinnott, Jerry Robinson, Bob Fujitani, Tony DiPreta and Russ Heath. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "The Man Who Was Scared out of His Skin!" with art by Joe Sinnott; 2-page text story "The Actor"; "Where There's Smoke" with art by Jerry Robinson; "Open Wider, Please!" with art by Bob Fujitani; "Are You a Weakling?" with art by Tony DiPreta; and "Meet Mr. Jones!" with art by Russ Heath. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $670.00 Paper: Off white to white Tape on interior cover. Label #2044955009

Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A rivalry between sisters escalates to acid-throwing and gets worse from there. A murdered ganglord finds Hell to be full of opportunity for a guy like him. Room 1313 in the Rex Arms hotel drives guests to suicide. Horribly Beautiful; Ohhhh, Brother!; The Bedeviled Island; The King of Hades; Horror Comes to Room 1313. 36 pages, Full Color6 Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $240.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4205198025

Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. Written by Hank Chapman and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Ernie Bache, Ed Moline, Sy Barry and George Tuska. In this issue: Buzz Brand in the United States Army story "Stopped Dead" by Hank Chapman, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache; Flash Foster and His High-Gear Hot-Shots in "The Chase" with art by Ed Moline; "Captain Banner" text story; Rocky Steele, the Idol of the Ring in "Fighting Fury" with art by Sy Barry; and Rex Lane, Solver of the Supernatural in "The Stroke of 12!" with art by George Tuska. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.